PGI MCQ for Medical PG Preparations .. NIME | anterior division of internal iliacartery MCQ

The branches of anterior division of internal iliacartery include all except
A. lnternalpudendal
B. Superior gluteal
C. Uterined.
D. Obturator

Ans. B.

• Internal iliac artery arises at the bifurcation of the common iliac, artery, Opposite the lumbosacral joint (L5/S1 intervertebral disc)
Division Branch

Posterior Iliac artery

·  Superior gluteal artery

·  Iliolumbar artery

·  Lateral sacral arteries

Anterior Iliac Artery- about 8 branches

·  Obturator artery (occasionally from inferior epigastric artery)

·  Inferior gluteal artery

·  Umbilical artery, which later persist as superior vesical artery (remaining artery becomes medial umbilical ligament).

·  Uterine artery (females) or deferential artery (males) Vaginal artery (females, can also arise from uterine artery) or inferior vesical artery (males)

·  Middle rectal artery 

·  Internal pudendal artery

·  Artery of the perineum

·  Accessory obturator artery: The obturator artery sometimes arises from the main stem or from the posterior trunk of the internal iliac, or it may spring from the superior gluteal artery; occasionally it arises from the external iliac.